Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Monday, January 14, 2013
It's a New Year!
I hope everyone had a great weekend and enjoyed this interesting Michigan weather that we are having. We are off to a great start in our week. We added a new friend to our class today, her name is Janessa Smith. All of the students have been very kind and helpful and I can tell Janessa is going to love it here just as much as the rest of our class.
Math: We just finished unit 5 and are currently working on unit 6. This unit we will be learning about, lines, line segments, rays, geometry, symmetry, and degrees of turns. We are also continuing multiplication and division practice. We will continue doing timed tests until the end of the year and celebrate in May with a Sundae party!
Science: We are finishing our unit on forces in motion. The children had a great time and we learned through many experiments about forces, motion, friction, inertia, and gravity.
Language Arts: We read a book called “School Stinks”, where we learned that sometimes when people are mean, they just need someone to reach out to them with kindness. We also have been developing our writing. Our latest lessons have helped us to use more voice in our writing. We have practiced putting the main characters thoughts in the story. We call it a thoughtshot. You may have heard your child say that they are learning cursive this year. That is correct! We have learned 10 lower case letters so far.
Computer Lab: We continue to practice our typing skills. We also have been doing activities to practice our math facts!
Dates to remember:
January 18th: Book orders due.
January 29th: Early dismissal. Students are excused at 1:30.
February 14th: Valentine party.
February 18th & 19th: Mid-Winter break.
March 6-7: Parent Teacher conferences.
March 8th: No school.
March 15th: Valley View Carnival.
March 28th-April 7th: Spring Break!
April 8th: School resumes and late start. We begin at 10:40 a.m.
Please feel free to contact me anytime with questions, comments, or concerns. Thanks and have a wonderful week!
Math: We just finished unit 5 and are currently working on unit 6. This unit we will be learning about, lines, line segments, rays, geometry, symmetry, and degrees of turns. We are also continuing multiplication and division practice. We will continue doing timed tests until the end of the year and celebrate in May with a Sundae party!
Science: We are finishing our unit on forces in motion. The children had a great time and we learned through many experiments about forces, motion, friction, inertia, and gravity.
Language Arts: We read a book called “School Stinks”, where we learned that sometimes when people are mean, they just need someone to reach out to them with kindness. We also have been developing our writing. Our latest lessons have helped us to use more voice in our writing. We have practiced putting the main characters thoughts in the story. We call it a thoughtshot. You may have heard your child say that they are learning cursive this year. That is correct! We have learned 10 lower case letters so far.
Computer Lab: We continue to practice our typing skills. We also have been doing activities to practice our math facts!
Dates to remember:
January 18th: Book orders due.
January 29th: Early dismissal. Students are excused at 1:30.
February 14th: Valentine party.
February 18th & 19th: Mid-Winter break.
March 6-7: Parent Teacher conferences.
March 8th: No school.
March 15th: Valley View Carnival.
March 28th-April 7th: Spring Break!
April 8th: School resumes and late start. We begin at 10:40 a.m.
Please feel free to contact me anytime with questions, comments, or concerns. Thanks and have a wonderful week!
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